Sunday, January 24, 2010

This weeks theme at Gothic Arch Challenge is "Weddings"... We were ask to think love, romance, marriage, couples, etc.! So that's what I did. The altered couple is an image from Itkupilli. You can see what she did. As well as check out the other artists and see what they came up with.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

This so super cute...and super easy to make...if you don't add "super" to you vocabulary after watching a bunch of these demo videos on You Tube....well, that would be super sad.
OK I'm just messin' with ya.
They're really are fun to make and can be as easy or as
complicated as you want to make them.
Debra of It's All Good saw some of these demos on YouTube.
I just had to go over and take a look see for myself.
Then yesterday we had a blast looking at even more.
This is as far as I got with my first one today.
I used the Basic Grey Bitter Sweet paper collection
that I have in my Etsy shop.
I will be gifting it to Matt K. and Twylah who are soon to be married on Feb. 27th.

Today! All the way from Hawaii. Oh my goodness Connie from Cetta Cheese Chatter has gone above and beyond with the beading supplies she sent me. Here is a photo of the collection.

Where to begin..my head is buzzing with possiblities....there is red poppy jasper, turquoise, amayonite, glass leaves, lots of copper beads, copper accents to go perfectly with a cool copper clasp....Oh my! A verdi metal bee, a wire wrapped bird foot, an eye ball bead and some whymsical ocean blue glass beads.....Connie you really do have some cool and unusual stuff. Mahalo Connie.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

This weeks Gothic Arch Challengeis Shabby Chic...weathered, pale pastels, romance, and florals! I painted my arch to give it a bit of a weathered look with a pale pastel blue Dauber. Used a doily for a stencil and used a white dauber for that. Sprayed Tattered Angels iridescent gold. Stamped a Tim Holts flourish to the one side. I edged the arch with a silver metallic marker. Put silver decorative stickers around the edge. Stamped and cut out the saying then backed it with black paper. Popped up the dreamy image of the lady. Finished it off with rhinestones, flowers and pearls.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Wow! I can't believe it. Over 100 people out there have become followers to this blog. I'm so glad you have found what I post here interesting enough for you to come back. For me it will always be about the love we show one another. So as a Thank You to the followers and visitors alike I have made a free collage sheet entitled Puppy Love. in a JPEG format. Enjoy!

What do you do when one of those stretchy bracelets break? Either fix it or recycle it. I happen to like Peridot. And I do like to recycle. The Lady I freelance for passed this broken bracelet on on to me. And now I think I have put it to good use. If you wish to see what other artist did for this challenge click on this link to the Gothic Arch Challenge.

Monday, January 4, 2010

This post is atVintage Susie's request. After much digging I found a photo of me with Bozo the clown. Isn't it a hoot. That is my best friend at the time Diane to my right in the picture. (your left as you are looking at it.) and that's my little brother Steve. Now somewhere in the Bozo archives from the late 1960's is us playing one of the Bozo games.Our whole Brownie troop went. That was the first time we went to Windsor, Canada. Going through the tunnel was an interesting experience. I think I was in first grade. Diane was a year older than me. I was tall for my age until about the 6th grade then I stop growing. I remember my Mom got the Brownies to let me in the troop since I was younger than the scout age requirement. Thanks Mom.

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Thanks for visiting my Blog. Creativity is like breathing. I just need it to live and be happy. Always have. But I also need to keep it in balance with other responsibilities. Seems my current interest is jewelry making. I still love painting, drawing and card making. So you will find a mix bag of tricks here.

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